Silver Alert CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #16

[MemPat]

DBM
Decided to be careful about sleuthing that latest lawyer dude.

 

[Uninformant]

So maybe KM discovered criminal activity in FD’s financials and offered to make the data disappear if FD made his wife disappear by a certain date. Maybe the clock was ticking and KM threatened to disappear FD’s wife if FD didn’t take care of things. FD didn’t meet the deadline. KM had someone take care of FD’s wife, maybe even while the two of them were meeting, and had the incriminating evidence planted on FD’s property or in his car or something. Maybe that’s the reason for the dumpster dash.

Do you guys ever worry about the suspects who have access to read this?

 

[oceancalling]

No problem!! Did anyone post the statement from Rich Rochlin today? About the false claims made from JD “friend”.

No, What did he say?

 

[afitzy]

So as not to confuse the JD thread, a new thread has been set up Kent Mawhinney, Esq. to discuss his case.

Please move discussion, articles and information to the new thread. I will place copies of articles on his case that are in this thread into the new thread.

CT - KENT D. MAWHINNEY, 54, South Windsor, CT, 1/21/19, Arrest

 

[kimch33kim]

Think about this timeline:
"The wife, who is not identified in court papers, initially met with Dulos at Max’s Oyster Bar in West Hartford on May 19, but after telling Dulos she would not meet with Mawhinney unless their lawyers were present, Dulos abruptly paid the bill and left, according to the warrant. On May 20, Dulos called the wife again, telling her Mawhinney was willing to meet with their lawyers present. On May 21, Dulos called again to set up a meeting, but the woman told him she had talked to her lawyer and did not want to have any contact with her husband, the warrant says."
Warrant: Man under order to avoid contact with estranged wife arrested after Fotis Dulos reaches out to her

May 19: FD meets with Mawhinney wife at Oyster bar
May 20: FD calls Mawhinney wife trying to get her to meet up
May 21: FD again calls Mawhinney wife to try to get her to meet
May 22: FD down in NC dinner with kids at JD's house (mentions DNA to visitation supervisor)
May 23: FD and MT dinner party at 4 JC (who were the guests? planned guests? Was Mawhinney present/invited? Was his wife planned for/invited??)
May 24 morning: JD disappears

I think it’s important to note that it took that woman 2 weeks before she came out to police about the weird phone calls and meeting with FD. If everyone in CT saw news or heard about JD missing and you called and met with that missing persons husband wouldn’t you think she would have contacted police earlier

 

[kimch33kim]

No, What did he say?

I posted it it’s on page 16 or 17

 

[MsJosie]

This case gets whackier and stranger with every twist and turn.

Thanks everyone for updates.....see you tomorrow night....

 

[oceancalling]

I think it’s important to note that it took that woman 2 weeks before she came out to police about the weird phone calls and meeting with FD. If everyone in CT saw news or heard about JD missing and you called and met with that missing persons husband wouldn’t you think she would have contacted police earlier

No, particularly if she was in fear of her life. She also may have also shared this info with her lawyer first, who then contacted LE. Many things may caused the timing of her statement. Plus, there should be corroborative evidence of the restaurant meeting, How did FD pay the check? Did restaurant employees recall seeing the two of them? I bet FD was the talk of the town and the meeting was mere days before JD's disappearance. Someone saw them together IMO.

 

[oceancalling]

I posted it it’s on page 16 or 17

Wow. What a mind twist. This entire case reads like a bad thriller. Unfortunately, for those who love JD, there will be no last minute rescue and certainly no happy ending.

 

[afitzy]

I think it’s important to note that it took that woman 2 weeks before she came out to police about the weird phone calls and meeting with FD. If everyone in CT saw news or heard about JD missing and you called and met with that missing persons husband wouldn’t you think she would have contacted police earlier

Will move this comment over to the Kent Mawhinney thread.

 

[kimch33kim]

Since it pertains to this case I will add my comment here as well as on the KM thread. KM divorce attorney is JC and he is the same attorney that withdrew from the GF lawsuit ......so that sort of makes sense why he withdrew from it.

 

[kimch33kim]

FD attorney files motion against Gloria Farber requesting a surety bond in response to her increase to PJR motion. Wow

 

[HopeForTheBest]

LE already knows whether JD was wearing that shirt on the morning FD murdered her. IMO there is far more evidence linking FD to the crime? Why? Because he did not have the time or skill to erase all forensic evidence of his crime. The evidence was "fresh" when collected and not subject to degradation. Everything discovered shortly after the crime will be a bonanza for LE.

Someone at school is going to have seen JD the morning of the murder. Someone is going to put JD in that shirt (If I were the prosecution, I would use the most "gut punch" witness available to do so when the time comes). DNA evidence is going to link both JD and FD to the evidence seized. MT may also be physically linked via the other contents of the bag. If MT isn't cooperating 110%, she is a fool...

The lack of evidence and the efforts to destroy/delete it will also be informative. If MT was in fact on the computer deleting files when LE entered FD's home, there is an excellent possibility those files have been recovered. Just ask the guy doing life for murdering his wife who, just prior to her murder, deleted the song "I Used to Love Her But I Had to Kill Her" (by AC/DC, I Believe). about what can be recovered from a computer!

If MT pressed delete, but failed to undertake a series of additional and very specific steps, those deleted files are now in LE's possession. Same with deleted texts. FD's cellphone is a small computer and, as noted by the Supreme Court, a "personal diary" which may contain significant information. It came into LE's hands very quickly-quickly enough for it to obtain a whole lot from it. With a warrant, of course.

My next observations are MY opinion and only that, an opinion. Sadly, I believe, more strongly than ever that ever that FD dismembered JD's body. Why else would he have removed her clothes? If he wanted it to look like a spontaneous murder/abduction, he would have left the body intact and at least some portion of the clothing nearby.

FD needed JD's clothes off for a reason; the reason had to be that the clothing interfered with what he was doing with her body. He needed her to be smaller than she was. Which leads me to conclude he wanted everyone to believe she was missing, which leads me to his parking JD's car in the park, which leads me to speculate that maybe it was FD who stole the preposterous "Gone Girl" plot device and urged it upon his counsel.

With JD missing, but not presumed dead, FD (thinks he) gets the kids, access to the trust funds, an end to the divorce, the potential dismissal of GF's lawsuits AND the added bonus of the adoring attention from being the "poor dad" whose terrible, selfish wife left him without a trace. Maybe NP is reading from the script that ND had already written!

If I am correct, it is no wonder FD "sounded excited" when he called the GAL the day after JD's disappearance. He WAS excited, because he thought he was getting away with murder. Bet he was furious when he arrived to collect his "prize"/his children from GF and was met with armed guards. I have never met GF, but I am in absolute awe of the manner in which she has conducted herself. She must be an incredible force of nature.

I could be wrong. FD could have removed the shirt because he knew his bodily fluids were on it. If that were the case, though, if the bra found in the bag belonged to JD, why remove her bra, too? We have to assume FD did everything for a reason, even if that reason makes no sense to us. There is no reason to conclude he remove her clothes for sexual gratification, but there is every reason to believe he did so out of anger, resentment and an overriding need to make JD pay for her defiance of his authority. Viewing his conduct in this light, dismemberment is the ultimate act of control, power over, and debasement of the woman who dared to stand up to him. It was his way to wipe away her very existence.

At this point, the tactics of NP, while perhaps an interesting distraction, are becoming increasingly irrelevant to the outcome of this prosecution. Some lawyers in his community speak highly of his skills, while acknowledging his strategy comes with substantial risk to his client. FP is not the first lawyer who has tried to get ahead of a very bad narrative by using the bully pulpit of media attention in a high profile case.

As the saying goes, though, "if you have nothing to say, it's best to say nothing at all." FP has already lost credibility before he has even selected the first juror. For instance, a shirt known to be worn by the victim on the day of her murder, bearing her blood, in a garbage bag that the state has VIDEO evidence of FD placing in a garbage can, in a town where he does not reside, and in a cans he affirmatively sought out to use, means nothing? It is "desperate speculation" to say this links FD to the murder ? Seriously?

This kind of stupid comment to the media does only one thing- make its utterer look like a fool and the client look like the unfeeling monster he is. With the release of this devastating information, NP becomes nothing more than a carnival barker, seeking to entice those willing to view his tired sleight of hand. "Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up as I claim JD is a Heroin Addict! A Gone Girl! A Neglectful Mother Who Abandons Her Children! No, no, keep looking at my mouth, ignore the DNA, the blood, the videos, the shirt, the auto tags, the statements my client made!" It is just pathetic, is what it is.

So I no longer care what NP has to say about his client's innocence. I will not allow myself to be distracted by every shiny thing FP dangles to lure the naive away from the truth. It will be NP's burden at some point in his life to decide if he has helped serve justice (in this and other cases), or merely manipulated the system for his client's advantage. For the rest of us, we can rest a little easier knowing LE is NOT going to let FD get away with murder.

Whoever is heading this investigation is a true professional and must have the respect of the men and women working on LE's team, The discipline in containing leaks has been impressive, but it appears the day of reckoning in coming near for FD. All the silly press conferences in the world are not going to allow FD to avoid his day of judgement. I hope JD's loved ones will find comfort in the knowledge that, once he is convicted, FD will never be able to harm an innocent person again. Small comfort, I know, but it is the best our justice system can offer.

I wish I could like this twice. Thank you!

 

[kimch33kim]

GF attorneys file to object 3 of MT motions: 1. quash deposition subpoena 2. protective order 3. stay of proceedings

 

[HopeForTheBest]

That timeline is a tad chilling, IMO....

The part of the article in which Mawhinney's wife talks about FD's interest as sudden and he kept inviting her back to his house is also strange behavior:
From the same article as sleuth66's post:
“She believed it was suspicious that Dulos has such a sudden vested interest in her relationship with Mawhinney,” the warrant reads. “She stated she felt she was being ‘baited’ and was uncomfortable with the fact that Dulos kept inviting her back to his residence. She stated that she believed Dulos was ‘indebted’ to Mawhinney and that she believed Dulos was working on behalf of Mawhinney to get rid of her. She stated that she believed that Mawhinney wanted her dead.”

Why would FD be "indebted" to Mawhinney?

I missed this part! Even without it, I’ve had the creeps about the mere five days between when FD tried to talk the wife into meeting her near-ex at his house and JD’s disappearance. This is just...crazy scary.

 

[HopeForTheBest]

Think about this timeline:
"The wife, who is not identified in court papers, initially met with Dulos at Max’s Oyster Bar in West Hartford on May 19, but after telling Dulos she would not meet with Mawhinney unless their lawyers were present, Dulos abruptly paid the bill and left, according to the warrant. On May 20, Dulos called the wife again, telling her Mawhinney was willing to meet with their lawyers present. On May 21, Dulos called again to set up a meeting, but the woman told him she had talked to her lawyer and did not want to have any contact with her husband, the warrant says."
Warrant: Man under order to avoid contact with estranged wife arrested after Fotis Dulos reaches out to her

May 19: FD meets with Mawhinney wife at Oyster bar
May 20: FD calls Mawhinney wife trying to get her to meet up
May 21: FD again calls Mawhinney wife to try to get her to meet
May 22: FD down in NC dinner with kids at JD's house (mentions DNA to visitation supervisor)
May 23: FD and MT dinner party at 4 JC (who were the guests? planned guests? Was Mawhinney present/invited? Was his wife planned for/invited??)
May 24 morning: JD disappears

I had missed the parts after the 19th and still was very bothered about the few days between that and JD’s disappearance on the 24th. Now I’m just chilled at your timeline. It could be. MOO. My gosh. Thank you!

 

[HopeForTheBest]

I think it’s important to note that it took that woman 2 weeks before she came out to police about the weird phone calls and meeting with FD. If everyone in CT saw news or heard about JD missing and you called and met with that missing persons husband wouldn’t you think she would have contacted police earlier

Yes, unless that terrified her beyond action like, “That could have been me.” MOO. I think that no matter what you think you’ve accepted about what someone is capable of or might want done to you, having it suddenly get very real such as when JD disappeared could be shocking and leave you not knowing what to do. MOO. Given the acrimony with the divorce, she might have waited to see if JD did show up or maybe her lawyer advised her of some action since she mentioned him or her knowing about it in her conversation to FD. All MOO.

 

[HopeForTheBest]

I missed this part! Even without it, I’ve had the creeps about the mere five days between when FD tried to talk the wife into meeting her near-ex at his house and JD’s disappearance. This is just...crazy scary.

It just hit me: the purse that MT had to return...whose was that? Related to this other lawyer, Friend of FoDu? It’s been a long day and this is all so shocking so maybe my imagination is just in high overdrive but maybe there was something more about that purse situation?

 

[HopeForTheBest]

Wow. What a mind twist. This entire case reads like a bad thriller. Unfortunately, for those who love JD, there will be no last minute rescue and certainly no happy ending.

No, sadly, there won’t be. It’s just so terrible and sad. Legal justice won’t bring her back but it’s all we have, as you and others have said.

 

[HopeForTheBest]

No, particularly if she was in fear of her life. She also may have also shared this info with her lawyer first, who then contacted LE. Many things may caused the timing of her statement. Plus, there should be corroborative evidence of the restaurant meeting, How did FD pay the check? Did restaurant employees recall seeing the two of them? I bet FD was the talk of the town and the meeting was mere days before JD's disappearance. Someone saw them together IMO.

Oops! I wrote something not as eloquent or thorough along the same lines before reading this. Sorry!